Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
- Posts: 4,150
25 September 2010
20:5072485#1
I`ve spent the afternoon and early evening over a Weatherspoons pub in Canterbury. One of our manager`s has taken redundancy, and a number of us were over there for a farewell drink. Nice though this modern pub was, it just didn`t have the atmosphere of the good old English pub, even though it did have plenty of customer`s in there, and no rowdiness. Isn`t this true of the supermarket and the corner shop?
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
25 September 2010
21:0672491#2
surprised there was no rowdiness, usually a hallmark of a wetherspoon emporium.
they are a first class company who know how to extract the last penny from peoples pockets and give great value for money.
they will never be big on atmosphere.
25 September 2010
21:2072496#3
At the end of the day Colin, people vote with their feet. If they want atmosphere, they'd inhabit a local boozer. If they want homely service they'd visit little independent shops. People are drawn to big commercial empires, the Tescos, the Asdas, the Weatherspoons. I think we covered this elsewhere on the forum some time ago when discussing the downfall of the high street to the giant out-of-town superstores and online shopping. Pretty much the same thing with Weatherspoons I'd imagine.
By the way did you know that you can now buy all your booze from Amazon online?
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